South Dakota RecommendedCommercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in South Dakota. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state. |
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Acer saccharinum Silver Maple, Soft Maple, White Maple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Actaea rubra Red Baneberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Adiantum pedatum Northern Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Allium canadense Meadow Garlic, Wild Garlic, Wild Onion |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Allium stellatum Autumn Onion, Prairie Onion |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Amelanchier arborea Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Amorpha fruticosa Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Amorpha nana Dwarf False Indigo, Fragrant Indigo-bush, Fragrant False Indigo, Dwarf Wild Indigo |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Andropogon hallii Sand Bluestem |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: |
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Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone, Round-leaf Thimbleweed, Canada Anemone, Windflower, Meadow Anemone |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Anemone cylindrica Candle Anemone, Long-headed Thimbleweed, Longhead Thimbleweed, Thimbleweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Aquilegia canadensis Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnikinnick, Red Bearberry, Kinnikinnik |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Arisaema triphyllum Jack In The Pulpit, Indian Jack In The Pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed, Eastern Whorled Milkweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Athyrium filix-femina Common Lady Fern, Subarctic Lady Fern, Lady Fern, Ladyfern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Betula papyrifera Paper Birch, Canoe Birch, White Birch |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Bromus kalmii Arctic Brome, Prairie Brome, Wild Chess |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Harebell, Witches' Thimble |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Carex stipata Awlfruit Sedge, Awl-fruited Sedge, Stalk-grain Sedge |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist |
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Celastrus scandens American Bittersweet |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Celtis occidentalis Common Hackberry, Northern Hackberry, American Hackberry, Nettle Tree, Beaverwood, False Elm |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive Plant |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium Fireweed, Narrow-leaf Fireweed, Willow Herb |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cornus sericea Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Corylus americana American Hazelnut, American Filbert |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Crataegus mollis Downy Hawthorn, White Thorn, Whitethorn, Scarlet Hawthorn, Scarlet Haw, Red Haw, Downy Thorn |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Potentilla |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Echinacea angustifolia Black Samson, Black Samson Echinacea, Narrow-leaf Coneflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Euthamia graminifolia Flat-top Goldentop, Grass-leaved Goldenrod |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Gaillardia aristata Common Gaillardia, Great Blanketflower, Blanketflower, Brown-eyed Susan |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Gentiana andrewsii Closed Bottle Gentian, Closed Gentian, Bottle Gentian |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Geum triflorum Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Helenium autumnale Common Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed, Autumn Sneezeweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Heliopsis helianthoides Smooth Oxeye, Oxeye Sunflower, False Sunflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Hydrophyllum virginianum Virginia Waterleaf, Eastern Waterleaf, Shawnee Salad |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Juglans nigra Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Juniperus communis var. depressa Common Juniper, Old Field Juniper, Prostrate Juniper |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Juniperus horizontalis Creeping Juniper, Creeping Savin |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Liatris aspera Tall Blazing Star, Tall Gayfeather, Tall Liatris, Rough Blazing Star, Rough Gayfeather, Rough Liatris, Button Snakeroot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Prairie Gayfeather, Prairie Liatris, Kansas Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Kansas Liatris, Cat-tail Blazing Star, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Cat-tail Liatris, Hairy Button-snakeroot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot, Beebalm |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Oenothera biennis Common Evening-primrose, King's Cure-all, Common Evening Primrose |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Oenothera rhombipetala Fourpoint Evening-primrose, Four-point Evening Primrose, Diamond Petal Primrose, Greater Four-point Evening-primrose |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Opuntia macrorhiza Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Osmorhiza claytonii Clayton's Sweetroot, Hairy Sweet-cicely, Sweet Jarvil |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Moist |
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Ostrya virginiana Eastern Hop-hornbeam, American Hop-hornbeam, Woolly Hop-hornbean, Eastern Ironwood, Roughbark Ironwood, Ironwood, Deerwood, Leverwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Penstemon digitalis Mississippi Penstemon, Mississippi Beardtongue, Smooth White Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Penstemon grandiflorus Large Penstemon, Large Beardtongue, Large-flower Penstemon, Large-flower Beardtongue, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: |
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Peritoma serrulata Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Phlox pilosa Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Physocarpus opulifolius Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Physostegia virginiana Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's Seal, Great Solomon's-seal, Sealwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen, Golden Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Mountain Aspen, Aspen, Trembling Poplar, Alamo Blanco |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Prunus americana American Plum, Wild Plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry, Choke Cherry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Savanna Oak, Overcup Oak, Prairie Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Mossy-overcup Oak, Blue Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Ratibida columnifera Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Ratibida pinnata Grayhead Coneflower, Gray-headed Coneflower, Grayhead Mexican Hat, Gray-headed Mexican Hat, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Rosa blanda Smooth Rose, Early Wild Rose |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan |
Duration: Annual, Biennial, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Salix discolor Pussy Willow, Glaucous Willow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Shepherdia argentea Silver Buffaloberry, Buffaloberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Silphium laciniatum Compassplant, Compass Plant |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant, Indian Cup |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Sisyrinchium campestre Prairie Blue-eyed Grass, White-eyed Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod, Oldfield Goldenrod, Grayleaf Goldenrod, Gray-leaved Goldenrod, Dyersweed Goldenrod, Dwarf Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod, Noble Goldenrod |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Symphyotrichum ericoides White Heath Aster, Heath Aster |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple Meadow-rue, Tall Meadow-rue, Meadow Rue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Tilia americana American Basswood, American Linden, Lime Tree, Bee Tree |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Typha latifolia Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Verbena hastata Swamp Verbena, Blue Verbena, Blue Vervain, Simpler's Joy |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Vernonia fasciculata Prairie Ironweed, Common Ironweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Viburnum lentago Nannyberry, Blackhaw, Sweet Viburnum, Sheepberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Viburnum opulus var. americanum American Cranberry Bush, Highbush Cranberry, American Cranberrybush Viburnum, Cranberry Viburnum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Viola sororia Missouri Violet, Common Blue Violet, Hooded Blue Violet, Florida Violet, Meadow Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Wood Violet, Hooded Violet |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Zizia aptera Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip, Heartleaf Meadow Parsnip, Meadow Parsnip, Heartleaf Alexanders, Meadow Zizia, Zizia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |